Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> If you only trust a chrooted version of apache or CERN, you are a
> fool. Chroot does help. But there ARE exploits for getting out of chrooted
> jails (especially if you manage to get superuser), just as there are
> exploits for getting superuser. I, personally, don't "only" trust ANYTHING.
> I depend on a combination of "things" of which chroot, and non-superuser
> id's are only part. I do not "trust" chroot nor a non-root user. The
> combination of the two is better. The combination of the two behind a
> firewall is still better. Those behind a filtering router are better yet
> still. Depend on one thing and it should be this: NOTHING is bullet-proof
> (or fool proof for that matter).
Trying to escape a chroot() environment, i only succeeded in killing
some processes, but
i never did succeeded in escaping. How did you manage that ?
>
> > cu, Guido Stepken
>
> Regards,
> Mike
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